Building a Legacy

We all want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We want to live a life that has impact and effect beyond our immediacy and into the wider world. Whether building a team, church or family I think there are a few things we can do to build well and in a Godly way.

Ultimately, as it says in Psalm 127, “Unless the Lord builds the house, the labourers labour in vain.” I want to be someone who builds with the long term, big picture in mind; someone who is thinking about what comes after, not just what can we get now. To build a legacy we need to look at three keys:

‘I’

We need to give time to cultivate our relationship with God on a personal level. You cannot build what you do not have. You need the right materials to build and to build well. If you do not have the right tools or materials to build, you cannot build a lasting structure. The same is true of us. Without a deep-rooted relationship with the Father we will struggle to

build anything that has longevity.

Intentionality

You must build with intention. It will not happen by accident, but by being knows. If she never invests time in

well thought out in your processes. Be intentional in your relationships. Choose good council and choose to be disciplined in your discipleship. Be strategic in your thinking and approach to how you build. Think about how this might look in five years’ time and be intentional about the structures you put in place now that will support what you want to do in the future.

Invest

Building takes investment. It takes investment in yourself, the structure and most importantly it takes investment in people. Building a legacy relies on someone else taking the baton. It is about someone else buying into your heart and culture. Building with legacy in mind means that we must build away from ourselves. We cannot build with a singular point of failure. We cannot build like a one-man band, but we must build as a body if we want to see a legacy that outlasts us.

People are so important when we want to build a legacy. Without people carrying the torch and taking up the baton, the idea or ministry dies with us. that only the great grandmother

It’s like having a secret family recipe showing the next generations how to make the famous sauce, then the secret sauce dies with her.

Without investment we not only fail to build something bigger than ourselves, but we rob the future generations of the gold that God has put inside you. Think about old Celtic kings and queens, whom when they died had all of that gold precious stones and heirlooms buried with them making their usefulness and value diminish.

Let’s not be a people who carry our gold into the grave, but who intentionally invest in the future generations, building legacy that far outweighs and outlasts our days.

Adam Howard

Content Coordinator

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